Posts by sparrowdown

ok, so in the interests of balance....(as it has rightly been pointed out that i am getting more bitter toward the org), can we think of any positive or nice things about jehovah's witnesses?.

just throwing this topic out there....... .

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You know what I hate?

by sparrowdown in

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how jws bend over backwards pretending to be super nice,.

super caring, super open minded and reasonable to strangers.

at the door, strangers at the supermarket, or on tv drumming up publicity for.

sparrowdown

The thing is, with me, when I first started doubting I really did want to have

an open honest conversation with someone about how I was feeling.

But they run screaming from honest dialogue.

Now, I realise they actually did me a favor, because I got on the internet

and figured it out for myself.

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You know what I hate?

by sparrowdown in

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friends

how jws bend over backwards pretending to be super nice,.

super caring, super open minded and reasonable to strangers.

at the door, strangers at the supermarket, or on tv drumming up publicity for.

sparrowdown

How JWs bend over backwards pretending to be super nice,

super caring, super open minded and reasonable to strangers

at the door, strangers at the supermarket, or on TV drumming up publicity for

the conventions. But when they run into someone they have decided is

"weak" or "bad association" they are super judgy jerks.

All because some assholes in NY (no offense NY) decided that they were

chosen out of all of mankind to be the worlds moral "hall monitor".

Just saw a "sister" in the grocery store and she was sure to let me know

that there is watchtower coming up talking about

"all the ways we can let satan in" and how

"he finds a weakness and then exploits it"

I'm like all

" oooh does he really, oh he is a naughty boy"

BTW sarcasm is lost on these people.

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David Splane Destroys the Very Foundation of 1914- Corp. Meeting New Light

by scotoma in

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at the corporate meeting david splane discusses the use and misuse of types/antitypes.. the main qualifier of a type is that an account must be represented in the scriptures as a. type of some future event.. he quoted schroeder who said if an account isnt explained in the scriptures as a type than you.

shouldnt use the event as a type.. splane summed up his talk by saying if the bible is silent - we must be silent.. but they go right on celebrating the 100 years from 1914 which was determined by improperly.

going beyond anything written in the bible about nebuchadnezzars tree dream.. the bible specifically refers to the immense tree as representing nebuchadnezzar.. daniel explained it and that should be the end of the matter.. .

sparrowdown

Wow, really.

I would say that the type/antitype horse bolted years ago,

except for the fact that they never had that horse under control to begin with.

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I'm done hiding who I am with my family

by cognac in

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i'm pissed that i got scared the other day and didn't just tell my mom i was celebrating halloween.

i was caught off-guard when she asked what i was doing and felt that fear they instill in you.

hate that i still feel that way when i shouldn't.

sparrowdown

Don't look at it as fearful, look at it as strategic.

If she could make serious waves for you and your family

you may be better off keeping your cards close to your chest.

Be strong, you don't have to tell anybody what you are doing

if doing so will harm you or your family.

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ALERT: NEW LAWSUIT settlement - $13 MILLION

by Watchtower-Free in

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/135m-awarded-to-bible-teacher-gonzalo-campos-alleged-abuse-victim-jose-lopez-281031832.html.

(published thursday, oct 30, 2014).

thursday, oct 30, 2014 updated at 11:58 pm pdt.

sparrowdown

Since attacking the WT is like 'touching Jehovah's eyeball" they feel perfectly justifified

in treating their victims like adversaries.

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Kingdom Hall consolidations in the UK

by raymond frantz in

/from reliable sources (brothers in position within the congragation) i've been informed that in two different location within the uk congragations are to be consolidated .these men are loyal to the society and have no contact with ex-jw community .many brothers and sisters within these 4 congragations are devasted and undertantably very upset .one of these congragation has in excess of 150k in the bank currently "held" by the society as a loan .do you have any more information on this ?

is this just a one off or a new trend ?.

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sparrowdown

My money's on new trend.

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Honey who-who???

by sparrowdown in

i do apologize for my extreme ignorance, but i am curious.. who the hell are honey boo boo, sugar bear and mama june??.

and more to the point.. why the hell are some americans so obsessed with them?.

i just don't get it.. .

sparrowdown

OMG Lisa, that's worse than I thought much much worse.

I am never going to unsee that.